See the following news from Jeff Reid who is getting four bike boxes ready to send to Cuba before Christmas. Three of the boxes are complete with a road bike each and is looking for one more bike to make this shipment complete. If you have an older road bike or frame, or know of someone that has one, please let Jeff know (contact information is below).
MEDIA RELEASE & ADVISORY December 8, 2011 Ninety-eight… Ninety-nine… One-hundred Bikes for Cuba! ‒ Barrie couple to transport 100th bike delivered by Canadian tourists ‒ Toronto, ON // On the afternoon of December 22, in line at Pearson Airport three hours before their flight to Cuba, Jacqueline and Ralf Winter will be carrying with them some very special sporting goods luggage. On their way to their Cuban holiday on the beach of Guardalavaca, Jacqueline and Ralf will be transporting a used racing bike, destined for a high school cycling racing program in nearby Banes. This particular bike is special because it is ‘Nueva bicicleta #100’, the hundredth refurbished racing bike that Jackson’s Point resident - and former Canadian national cycling team member - Jeff Reid has supplied as humanitarian aid to Cuban high school cycling racing programs in Banes, Varadero, Moa and Jaguay Grande, in just two years. Since Jeff donated his own bike first, while cycling around on holiday in Cuba in December 2009, his personal ‘Bikes for Cuba’ vision has grown. In 2010, helpful Canadian tourists brought 30 bikes down for him. This December 22, 2011 - with the help of Jacqueline and Ralf - Jeff’s dream of one hundred racing bikes delivered to four Cuban communities will be realized. “One of the most heart-warming aspects of this project, is the ongoing generosity of the cyclists who donate the bikes, the parts, the helmets, shirts and shoes,” says Jeff, “and the willingness of so many Canadian tourists to help out. ‘I couldn’t have done it without them’ would be a huge understatement!” “Jeff has made this so easy,” says Jacqueline Winter of her special 100th Bikes for Cuba cargo. “It’s the least we can do in return for the great hospitality Cubans show almost a million Canadian tourists every year now. And all the young people who will ride these bikes, will get to see that a bicycle really is a wonderful way to get around, especially in a place as beautiful and safe as Cuba.” For more information, please visit: http://BikesforCuba.com and http://BikesforCuba.Wordpress.com Media Contacts: Jeff Reid - Bikes for Cuba: 416-937-0095, jeffsreid@rogers.com and Donald Wiedman - Wiedman Communications: 647-669-0461, donald@bikesandtransit.com
Ralf and Jacqueline, and ‘Nueva bicicleta #100’
The Banes high school cycling racing program Best regards, Jeff Reid Bikes For Cuba http://www.bikesforcuba.com (general website) http://bikesforcuba.wordpress.com/ (link to tourist volunteer stories) http://bikesforcuba.wordpress.com/videos/ (link to videos) phone 416-937-0095 |
